Garden State Film Fest announces A.C. lineup

8:23 AM,
Mar. 6, 2014

Diane Raver, executive director of the Garden State Film Festival, presenting actor Ed Asner with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Asner will return to the festival when it moves to Atlantic City from Asbury Park this year.

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The city may be different, but many of the faces remain the same at this year's Garden State Film Festival.

Now in its 12th year, the festival, a longtime Asbury Park-area fixture, will make its Atlantic City debut April 3 to 6. According to a news release issued Tuesday, the opening night kick-off party on April 4 will feature appearances by previous GSFF Lifetime Achievement winners Lainie Kazan, Ed Asner and Diane Ladd. The festivities begin 7 p.m. in the ballroom at Resorts Casino Hotel, 1133 Boardwalk.

Closing the festival will be the annual awards dinner, held 6:30 p.m. April 6 at the Trump ...